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Gillian Welch
HARROW AND THE HARVEST
New Sealed LP Vinyl Record
FOR FANS of LUCINDA WILLIAMS, Justin Townes Earle, PATTY GRIFFIN, Uncle Tupelo, TIFT MERRIT, Iris Dement

Produced by partner David Rawlings and released in 2011 after an 8-year hiatus from any new material, this set returned Welch and Rawlings back to the top. to the sparse instrumentation of her earliest recordings: guitars, banjos, harmonica, and hand-and-knee slaps. The album illustrates a near-symbiotic guitar interplay; rhythms, melodies, and even countermelodies are exchanged organically, interlocked in the moment. The protagonists in these ten songs are desperate, broken, and hurt individuals; some stubbornly cling to shreds of hope while others resign themselves to tragedy.

Diamonds aren't rare with Welch. "Tennessee" exemplifies the lyrical songcraft of Welch's and Rawlings'. Seamless lines like "It's beef steak when I'm working, whiskey when I'm dry, sweet Heaven when I die" are all over the place. And single lines like "So come on you ragtime kings, and come on you dogs and sing" make you bite your teeth and say "damn". And then pick up your own guitar and write your best song ever.

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PACKING VINYL THE CORRECT WAY—I package each record to avoid bent corners and seam splits. Here’s how:
* All records are packaged in new vinyl mailer boxes and assembled using a variation of bubble wrap, shrink and cardboard flats.
* ALL records are put inside a 2-3 mm clear sleeve. (I use the soft sleeves, not the ones that sound like you’re opening a bag of Doritos when you work with them.)
* If the record is used or open, the vinyl and its inner sleeve will always be shipped outside the jacket but inside the same clear sleeve.
* I reinforce the corners of each box mailer (no matter what size it is) by using cardboard “planks” secured to each corner around the edge to prevent damage when tossed around in the mail.

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